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[Android Apps and Games] upp3rd0g:
inconclusive behaviour NoLed 1.1

I want to report back my findings. I am following this thread since one of the early versions of NoLed. Since this weekend I felt confident to try out NoLed. I believe I installed v1.1 (through Android Market) but could not find a confirmation (about screen?), only reference I could find it was version 9 (?).

My findings/experiences:

NoLed works unexplainable only half of the time, it misses many times sms/gmail/phone notifications. No idea why.

NoLed doesn't seem to work when phone was locked while application is active (thus homescreen is not visible)

NoLed showed several times the behaviour where a notification was received (and heard, using default notifications sounds), no NoLed notification shown, until you press home-button, then suddenly phone jumps back in locked state and after that NoLed notification is shown.

All my symptoms have already been described by others in this thread.

I have a Samsung Galaxy S, running firmware JM2.

I have just installed version 1.2. I will report back on this version as well.
[Android Apps and Games] madmack:
this is normal behavior. just make sure you keep "only in silent/vibrate mode" unchecked. this option activates NoLED only in silent/vibrate mode. but given that "other" notfication trigger relies on sound to trigger events, NoLED will never work with both these options.

Your exchange notifications will only work when "only in silent/vibrate" is unchecked, your phone is in normal ring mode and "other" toggle is checked.
[Android Apps and Games] ravi84m:
No luck with widget locker

shame that it doesn't include widget locker :(
[Android Apps and Games] iqbalbaskara:
wow there's a 1.2 version already? must upgrade! :)
[Android Apps and Games] prosto_mike:
This is pretty much exactly my experience as well starting with version 1.1.1 and up. So far ver 0.9 worked best for me (except it did not have settings screen or power button unlock, which i was ok with)

My phone is rooted Samsung Vibrant, JAC Kernel, lag fix by Tayutama (Ext2), stock ROM. Hopefully this will help to sort things out.

We appreciate your hard work, man
[Android Apps and Games] nk321:
I see. Very clear. Thank you!
[Android Apps and Games] madmack:
I'm working pretty hard to get as many features out of the way nowadays because I'll be busy with work starting next week. Hope you guys like the new feature in 2.0

Check out the screenshots on the market ;)
[Android Apps and Games] gusoldier:
Just tried version 2.0, icons looking nice and the app works good! One request: could you make the "Notification timeout" setting so that we can choose our own value. For me, 5 minutes is enough...
[Android Apps and Games] madmack:
I did some reinforcement for the screen wake lock when a new notification is received (specially for Missed calls and SMS). Hope v2.0 takes care of these problems for you.
[Android Apps and Games] brunes:
What is new in 2.0? Can you update the first post with the changelog as you go, it is hard to know what is changed.
[Android Apps and Games] madmack:
look at the second post of this thread.
[Android Apps and Games] n1ck2010:
Love your app but just wondered if this has been requested before but is it possible for the app to display some kind of alert for Beejive new IM's received? Ive tried selecting the all others option but nothing seems to happen. Cheers.
[Android Apps and Games] dipxda:
Version 2.0 works great on my Samsung Galaxy S except the above described popup problem. Please can you fix it, then NoLED would be perfect for me.

Thanks a lot.
[Android Apps and Games] kyeung:
version 2.0 questions

Hi Madmack,

I just installed version 2.0 (uninstalled 0.9, rebooted, installed 2.0, then rebooted again) and have several questions:

1). I noticed that every time I run the NoLED configuration app, the NoLED process will stay running in the background. Does it have anything to do with the NoLED operation? Will it impact anything if I kill that process (e.g. will it impact the scheduler)? I don't recall seeing any NoLED process on my task list under version 0.9.

2). It seems that every time I make any changes to the NoLED configuration, I must inactivate NoLED (thru the widget) and reactivate again; otherwise the LED notification will not function (no LED shows up on new mail, missed calls... etc). Is this normal?

So far I haven't seen the problems with the push exchange mail that I experienced in version 1.1, but I will keep an eye on that and let you know if it reappears. Again, thank you so much for all your hard work :)
[Android Apps and Games] madmack:
1. That service (process) must stay running for NoLED to trigger events. You'll need to exclude it from all of your task managers. This service existed long before 0.9. It was really there from the very first version :)

2. That's not normal. I can edit or modify the settings here without restarting NoLED from the widget and I don't have problems. so it must be something else acting up. If you have this problem continuously, please give me a step by step guide on how to replicate this error so I can debug it.

glad to see that Exchange support is back with these newer builds.
[Android Apps and Games] kyeung:
Scheduler issue?

Thanks Madmack!

I have another question: I scheduled NoLED to stop at 23:45 and start at 7:15. However, I just ran a test and sent a gmail to myself at 11:50pm and I still received LED notification. Did I miss anything?
[Android Apps and Games] madmack:
I don't think you're doing anything wrong. Just make sure the time you set is reflected in the subtitle of that option. (e.g. "NoLED will stop at 23:45" and "NoLED wil start at 7:15"). The scheduler is started after you exit the preference and settings screen.

If you want to test the scheduler immediately, make sure you're in the same day you're setting NoLED to go off, then set the "sleep time" to be few minutes before your current time and the "start time" to be anytime after your current time. So for example, you're at 10pm, so you set sleep time at 9:45pm and your start time at 10:15pm. You'll see when you exit the setup screen that NoLED has switched off.

In your case, you might be setting the sleep time at 23:45 while you're actually currently in the next day (anytime after midnight). This is a minor bug in NoLED, and the scheduler will work the next day.

Just make sure you got the subtitles showing the times you selected, then exit the preference screen, and it should work.
[Android Apps and Games] prosto_mike:
It looks like if the battery charge is less than 15% (when you get the notification to plug in the charger), NoLED will not show notifications. Most likely not a NoLED problem, just FYI
[Android Apps and Games] ATP81:
Vote for that!

How long it is now, or is there any? (timeout)

I haven't installed Noled yet.
[Android Apps and Games] EarlZ:
seems like the battery usage issue is still persistent.
[Android Apps and Games] Harboe:
Sorry if this have been answered here, if so I missed it.

What effect will the blinking have on battery and the screen? Is there any difference if it's off or on and if on, wouldn't it use less battery when blinking slower or not at all?

Thanks up front and thanks for a great little app for out Galaxy's. :-)
[Android Apps and Games] kyeung:
Thanks for the info. Here's what I did last night...

At around 10pm last night, I set the stop & start time to be 23:45 & 7:15 respectively. I sent an email to my gmail at around 23:49, but the phone still displayed the dot. I then left the phone on charger and went to bed. (I was running internet radio (TuneIn Radio) on the phone from ~11pm thru ~11:47pm. Not sure if it caused issue with the NoLED timer.)

However, this morning when I attempted to use my phone at around 7:30am, the phone was dead. None of the buttons or the soft keys worked. I had to pull the battery to reboot. Could it be that I left phone connect with the charger overnight and the "Charge Complete" pop-up window somehow caused conflict with NoLED?

Also, I tested the scheduler function more this morning and noticed that my phone will not give audio alert or vibrate on the very first email after NoLED is started by the timer. (The phone will just display the dot without vibrate or audio alert.) Once I clear the first notification, the phone will vibrate and give audio alert as usual on subsequent emails. I have duplicated this scenario twice with gmail on my Vibrant.
[Android Apps and Games] SLX69:
Just upgraded to 2.0 and loving the icons! Great job! Gotta donate ASAP
[Android Apps and Games] eep2378:
Ever since updating app, its not working for me. When I get a text or call, etc. I'm not getting any dots. When I unlock the screen it takes me directly to the noled settings page? This happens every time. It was working fine before this. It also happens when in silent/vibrate only mode :(
[Android Apps and Games] vitruvi0ne:
Oooh I'm loving this app now with the new icons. Great work! Although changing icon colors doesn't seem to be working for me.

Also, I was some talk earlier about Exchange support. Does that include assigning different colors to Exchange accounts? I have 2 accounts setup on my phone and don't see them listed under Email, only my Gmail account.
[Android Apps and Games] deezy7:
This thing is awesome.

Although my jigsaw puzzle doesn't work either on first attempt, I have to turn the screen off, then on again, and then the puzzle works....
[Android Apps and Games] madmack:
I bet the problem is caused by another application interfering with NoLED. 2.0 is reported to work fine on Vibrant/Captivate/I9000 so I really can't help you there. But if you do find a solution, please post your findings here so others with the same problem can solve it too.

As I currently don't have an exchange account setup, I cannot debug or program for it. Android's public APIs also don't help make this happen. So am afraid it won't be possible.

Speaking of which, does anyone of you have access to an exchange server that can setup a test account for me to use ? just any exchange account that supports emails. If that can be done, then I'll most likely be able to work on a solution for the exchange accounts.

Switch off the option "Disable touch screen". This should take care of that.
[Android Apps and Games] eep2378:
I tried uninstalling, then reinstalling the app. but still not working :(. I'll have to troubleshoot and look back at the last few apps I have dl'd recently.
[Android Apps and Games] deezy7:
Sweet! It worked!! Thanks MadMack!

Guys, this app is the real deal!!! :D

I'm on a Bell Vibrant aka Samsung GT-I9000M
[Android Apps and Games] jokuvuan:
A very unfortunate problem with the newest version of NoLed:

When I receive a new missed message or a phone call, NoLed indicates it appropriately. But then Samsung Taskmanager notices NoLed and the application is displayed on the Taskmanager widget. If I then klik the “close all” –button at the Taskmanager, NoLed is killed and is no longer working.

Can you make the application so, that Taskmanager doesn’t notice it, and so there is no danger of the user accidently closing the program?
[Android Apps and Games] sharky34:
Great release as usual. Very good, Thank.

@mad: you can open a hotmail account and define it as an entreprise email in your phone. It is the same process than for exchange. You can test this way.
[Android Apps and Games] madmack:
didn't know that was possible.. i'll get right on it
[Android Apps and Games] sharky34:
It is à pleasure to be able to share, sometime. I mostly learn on that forum.

It is a recent feature, btw. I use It for à week or two.
[Android Apps and Games] uscaoh:
Installation Error

I'm getting an "Installation Error" "Package file was not signed correctly" when I tried to download NoLED (what looks like the newest update in the Android Market) just now.

It's weird also because I had NoLED at one point and it just stopped working. I don't remember uninstalling NoLED, but it seems to have disappeared from my phone. It doesn't come up when I search my applications, but when I tried to install NoLED just now, it says "Replace application. The application NoLED 2.0 will replace the currently installed NoLED. Existing user data will be saved."

Oh, I have a Samsung Vibrant (T-Mobile version of Galaxy)
[Android Apps and Games] rbtady:
2.0

Hey Mack,

Just wanted to say thanks and that 2.0 is working good for me. Thanks for listening to all the suggestions and making the updates :)
[Android Apps and Games] madmack:
uninstall previous versions, then try again
[Android Apps and Games] Alf55:
For me too, NOT WORKING tried reinstall also but still the same...SGS M7 rooted
[Android Apps and Games] uscaoh:
I can't uninstall the previous version because NoLED doesn't appear in my list of applications (not even when I do a search for the application on my phone). Not sure what happened, but it disappeared--even though it gives a message saying it would "update" my current installation.
[Android Apps and Games] uscaoh:
Interesting--I fixed the problem when I used the AppBrain App Market app. It actually displayed the previous NoLED app as being installed (though it didn't via the Vibrant's app list), and I uninstalled it via the AppBrain app.

I then installed NoLED 2.0, and it worked.
[Android Apps and Games] rothariger:
i downloaded the noled directly from the market, put the widget in the desktop and activated the noled.

i sended to myself an sms from other phone and it doesnt work... :(

i have a vibrant 2.1 rooted.

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i find my problem, i was checking the icon checks... why their are not functional??? do i have to do something?
[Android Apps and Games] n1ck2010:
Im having a weird issue as well, when upgrading to v2.0 with the new icons as notifications I keep seeing the old square dots and not the new icons.

Ive tried uninstalling, rebooting, installing the app from the market and from appbrain and checking that the widget shows NoLED is active but I still get the old icons.

Any one got any ideas why?

Cheers
[Android Apps and Games] madmack:
make sure you enable the icons in the settings.
[Android Apps and Games] gusoldier:
Changing the colors doesn't work btw. Rebooted, restarted couple of times...
[Android Apps and Games] An Droid:
First - thanks for the app madmack!

The new icons are great - they provide the extra info regarding what the notification is.

With that said, here are my suggestions:

Instead of the icons/leds popping up randomly, how about an option to let them appear in a random spot and then move around the screen smoothly in random directions?

I originally used an early version of NoLed but the battery drain had me uninstall it and I tried another app called 'Missed Message Flasher' by tomatox - it simply flashes the screen on/off for missed notifications: w ww.androidzoom.com/android_applications/tools/missed-message-flasher_kaai.html

However, 'Missed Message Flasher' does have some nice customization options that can help deal with battery drain: you can customize the duration of the flash, as well as the frequency - i.e. within the first 15 min:flash every 15 secs.; 15<30min:flash every 30 secs, 30<60min: flash every 60secs, etc. - with the duration fully customizable.

Would it be possible to set up NoLed similarily? i.e. have the icons/leds appear on screen for a user selected amount of time; then turn off the screen for a user selected amount of time and repeat. Then add options for intervals at 15min/30min/60min/120min?

Thanks again!
[Android Apps and Games] sharky34:
Hi mack,

I think i discovered à pair of issues:

1. I use timing option. It shuts right at 11pm but never wakes up at 8am. Thought It was juste the shortcut on the home but service seems to be off: i don't get notifications until i press the shortcut.

2. Agenda does not work in silent mode. Only noticed the icône once with sound enabled ( not really useful )
[Android Apps and Games] kyeung:
I had similar issue until I set the stop and start time to be on the same day, i.e. instead of setting the stop/start at 11:45pm/7:15am, I now set it to 1am/7:15am; and it's been working perfectly for the past couple days.
[Android Apps and Games] madmack:
its not supposed to change yet. maybe a new release will support that sometime in the future.

thanks for your suggestion. for the continuous motion of the icons, I think it will have greater effects on the battery drain issue. so I don't think its a good idea.

the other idea you suggested is great, I'll look into it if I get some extra time.

I'll test the scheduler more rigorously and see if I can replicate that problem.

I guess by Agenda, you meant Calendar. NoLED currently does not support calendar alerts natively, so you'll have to use the "other" notification trigger for these. not planing on implementing that feature in silent/vibrate mode either at the moment.
[Android Apps and Games] steelcity:
ive recently been noticing that if i receive a message when i already have the screen on and then i read the message the noLed will still come on even tho there is no new message anymore
[Android Apps and Games] billou95:
Thanks again madmack for this new release. Icons are great ! Updated from 1.5.1 using Android Market and it works perfectly.
[Android Apps and Games] jeanveupas:
hello thanks for the app and your work i use it since 2 days now, for now i had 1 bug :

i recevied 2 missing call and one sms = the popup of handcentSMS stay here for like 2hours with noled icon's in background :eek:

- JM1 official rom
[Android Apps and Games] SeaWo|f:
Hi, installed the latest version of the app on my facinate; it is working fine for emails but not displaying anything for sms or calls.

I figure this is a CDMA vs GSM problem?
[Android Apps and Games] johnlen01:
noled is great

I'm getting old, and to remember the source of all those colors is getting though.

Instead of having a small block would it be possible to have few caracteres to write what it means.

I would put a s for sms, and probably a c for call.... ;-)

thank you
[Android Apps and Games] madmack:
It should work regardless of the wireless technology used. As I don't have a fascinate to test my app with, its really a dead end. Some guys reported that its working though. Maybe the default settings in the Fascinate are different than our devices ? Make sure that the lock (puzzle) screen is enabled, and that you're not using any screen unlock code or combinations to unlock your phone. Other than that, I have no idea what might be causing this.

the icons in 2.1 should help with that problem. From the icon's "look", you should be able to tell what kind of notification it is. I only look for colors to know which email am being notified about.

For the guys with the sleep scheduler problem. Were the problems fixed in 2.1 ? I see no comments about that. Try to set your sleep time at 11:45pm and wake at 7:15am for example, it should work now.
[Android Apps and Games] ZeCoder:
Thanks for the improvments.

I want to know if the battery consumption is decresed with the latest release.

How many % does this app consume per hour when activated?

:)
[Android Apps and Games] sharky34:
Yes, sir, it seems OK. This morning, Noled was ON without any change in my schedule.

Thank you for quick answer.
[Android Apps and Games] SeaWo|f:
It seems to be hit and miss with people that have the facinate. The first thing I did after I got mine was root and remove bloatware. I'm guessing somewhere in there I and others have done something that makes the app unhappy. I will report back if I can figure out whats going wrong and/or when a good ROM comes out I can test with.
[Android Apps and Games] gettons:
great piece of software so far...

only one issue though

you receive an email

you get a notificaton

you read the email somewhere else

notification is still there and do not disappear but it should

Thanks
[Android Apps and Games] muntos:
Hi Madmack, great improvements since ver 1 (the one that I used until today), if I could suggest you one little customization : it would be great if the area where the notifications are moving could be customizable (top left & bottom right as coordinates in pixels would be excellent, or at least some templates).

In my situation I keep my SGS in a leather pouch and until now it was easy for me to check if I have a missed event, I just needed to pull out just a part of the phone from the pouch. Now, since the notifications are jumping all over the screen I need to pull out the hole phone to check for, making the things more difficult especially when you need to do this quick or with one hand.

Thanks :)
[Android Apps and Games] antoniohawk:
The widget icon doesn't seem to have a label. I only mention this, because it looks out of place amongst the other labeled icons on my screen. Any chance of adding one?

Samsung Vibrant

NoLED version 2.1
[Android Apps and Games] DrBouvenstein:
This is what NoLED was doing for me after the most recent update as well.

If I uninstaledl and reinstalled, then NoLED worked for the very first notification I get, whether it was a text, email, or call...but then every time after that I get no notification, but the next time I unlocked the screen I go into the NoLED settings.

The issue was with LauncherPro. I noticed that if I disabled it and used the regular home screen, NoLED worked. I then re-enabled LauncherPro, but removed the NoLED widget from the LauncherPro homescreen and it's working fine now like that.

Well, almost fine. I noticed that if I had a new email and unread SMS, only the SMS icon showed...I don't know if that's normal operation or not, but it might be worth mentioning.
[Android Apps and Games] madmack:
very interesting. Thanks for pinpointing the problem down. I wonder how Launcher Pro launches apps, it might have to do with the fact that the Settings screen is the "default" activity in my program, and even though nothing in my program is explicitly calling the settings' screen, LauncherPro is. I'll release an apk here in a few minutes. For anyone with this problem, please install this apk instead and tell me if its compatible with LauncherPro or not.

I use a couple of widgets with no "label". You're probably mistaken widgets with program shortcuts. I like the minimalist widget with no text, I think i'll keep it that way.

I think best thing for you is to keep using the dots. They're still trapped in the top-left corner. I want keep the setting's menu as simple as possible. (I myself hate it when I install an app that requires a 101 course for their settings menu !)

I'm aware of that problem, adding the dismissal of these types of notifications will add a lot of header and possibly lag NoLED even more. I just need to find an efficient way of doing it, then I'll make it happen.

Great, please let us know here about your findings :)
[Android Apps and Games] madmack:
for those with launcher pro (setting screen popping up problem). please try this attached apk and report back.
[Android Apps and Games] DrBouvenstein:
Ok, I downloaded and installed it...and is it just meant to just be the widget and not show up in my app list? Because that's what I get.

I loaded the widget and it's working so far, several emails and texts have shown up. Of course, now they only problem is I'm stuck on the default settings and change change colors or what gets notified! :p

Especially since on my phone the touch screen doesn't respond properly unless I uncheck that option, so now I have to hit the power button three times to unlock my phone...once to dismess NoLED and bring up the unlock screen (but I can't unlock,), then once to put it back to sleep, then once more to be able to unlock it.
[Android Apps and Games] madmack:
good ! i think we found the problem. I'll try to see what I can do to make it show up in the list, but not pop up when Launcher Pro decides.
[Android Apps and Games] madmack:
It seems that I cannot put the settings menu in the app drawer without it being the "default" action. I think what Launcher Pro does is it runs the "default" action whenever I try to launch any other screen/activity.

I posted a new version here, please let me know if it fixes (although I doubt it), I just couldn't get around making my app's settings list in the app drawer without it being the default action.